Who’s Enjoying
Dallas Mavericks @ Cleveland Cavaliers
Present Information: Dallas 26-23, Cleveland 38-9
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. ET
- The place: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse — Cleveland, Ohio
- TV: FanDuel SN – Ohio
- Comply with: CBS Sports App
- On-line streaming: fuboTV (Attempt totally free. Regional restrictions might apply.)
- Ticket Price: $43.99
What to Know
Mavericks followers higher hope the squad performs one heck of a recreation on Sunday as the percentages are decidedly towards them. Their highway journey will proceed as they head out to face the Cleveland Cavaliers at 3:30 p.m. ET at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The specialists predicted the Mavericks can be headed in after a win, however the Pistons made positive that did not occur. The contest between the Mavericks and the Pistons on Friday wasn’t a complete blowout, however with the Mavericks falling 117-102 on the highway it was darn near turning into one.
Though the group misplaced, they nonetheless had their share of spectacular performances. Top-of-the-line got here from PJ Washington, who shot 4-for-6 from past the arc and dropped a double-double on 22 factors and 13 rebounds. What’s extra, he additionally racked up 5 offensive rebounds, essentially the most he is had since again in November of 2024.
Though they misplaced, the Mavericks smashed the offensive glass and completed the sport with 16 offensive rebounds. That robust efficiency was nothing new for the group: they’ve now pulled down a minimum of 13 offensive rebounds in 4 consecutive matches.
In the meantime, the Cavaliers entered their tilt with the Hawks on Thursday with two consecutive wins however they will enter their subsequent recreation with three. They blew previous Atlanta 137-115. Cleveland pushed the rating to 110-84 by the top of the third, a deficit Atlanta reduce however by no means fairly recovered from.
A number of gamers turned in strong performances to steer the Cavaliers to victory, however maybe none extra so than Ty Jerome, who went 9 for 11 en route to twenty factors plus six assists and two steals.
Dallas’ defeat dropped their report all the way down to 26-23. As for Cleveland, their victory bumped their report as much as 38-9.
Whereas solely the Mavericks took care of their followers the final time they performed, neither group managed to cowl. Going ahead, the Cavaliers are the favourite on this one, because the specialists anticipate to see them win by 13.5 factors. This contest will probably be their ninth straight because the favorites (to this point over this stretch they’re 5-3 towards the unfold).
The Mavericks got here up brief towards the Cavaliers when the groups final performed again in January, falling 134-122. A giant consider that loss was the dominant efficiency of the Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley, who dropped a double-double on 34 factors and ten rebounds. Again with a vengeance, will the Mavericks be capable of cease him this time round? There’s just one solution to discover out.
Odds
Cleveland is an enormous 13.5-point favourite towards Dallas, based on the most recent NBA odds.
The road on this recreation has moved fairly a bit because it opened, because it began out with the Cavaliers as a ten.5-point favourite.
The over/below is 237 factors.
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Collection Historical past
Cleveland has received 6 out of their final 10 video games towards Dallas.
- Jan 03, 2025 – Cleveland 134 vs. Dallas 122
- Feb 27, 2024 – Cleveland 121 vs. Dallas 119
- Dec 27, 2023 – Cleveland 113 vs. Dallas 110
- Dec 17, 2022 – Cleveland 100 vs. Dallas 99
- Dec 14, 2022 – Cleveland 105 vs. Dallas 90
- Mar 30, 2022 – Dallas 120 vs. Cleveland 112
- Nov 29, 2021 – Cleveland 114 vs. Dallas 96
- Might 09, 2021 – Dallas 124 vs. Cleveland 97
- Might 07, 2021 – Dallas 110 vs. Cleveland 90
- Nov 22, 2019 – Dallas 143 vs. Cleveland 101
